> Italians and many other > nationalities don't have maiden names -that is an > american thing---but it had the names of her > parents in Italy!! uh? who told You that? If I am not wrong (my english isn't very good) the maiden name is the family name before the marriage. After the maiden gets the family name of the husband. If this is correct in Italy is the same..... Example: Rossi Anna is daughter of Rossi Marco and Neri Adele (she gets the family name of the father usually) she gets married with Verdi Alberto and becomes: Rossi Anna in Verdi or shortly Verdi Anna or else Verdi Anna n. (nata=born) Rossi (this form is much used in mortuary) hope this will help best regards Mauro

I have heard/read that numerous times from people living in america and those living in foreign countries. In Italy today, during a woman's lifetime her legal name is always her 'maiden' name..until it is put on her gravestone. This is only one example: My paternal grandmother died at 97 in this country, in the year 1974, never did she use her 'married' name... We have friends that travel to the home comune 3 times a year, they have told me all the women in this particular (I will not say all) comune, go by thier birth names. So I would say it is 'more' common than not. --- Ob1KnOb <Forged@ddr.es> wrote: > > Italians and many other > > nationalities don't have maiden names -that is > an > > american thing---but it had the names of her > > parents in Italy!! > > uh? who told You that? > If I am not wrong (my english isn't very good) > the maiden name is the family > name before the marriage. > After the maiden gets the family name of the > husband. If this is correct in > Italy is the same..... > Example: > Rossi Anna is daughter of Rossi Marco and Neri > Adele (she gets the family > name of the father usually) > she gets married with Verdi Alberto and becomes: > Rossi Anna in Verdi > or shortly > Verdi Anna > or else > Verdi Anna n. (nata=born) Rossi (this form is > much used in mortuary) > > hope this will help > > best regards Mauro > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

> If I am not wrong (my english isn't very good) the maiden name is the family > name before the marriage. > After the maiden gets the family name of the husband. If this is correct in > Italy is the same..... > Example: > Rossi Anna is daughter of Rossi Marco and Neri Adele (she gets the family > name of the father usually) > she gets married with Verdi Alberto and becomes: > Rossi Anna in Verdi > or shortly > Verdi Anna > or else > Verdi Anna n. (nata=born) Rossi (this form is much used in mortuary) Correct. You can find the laws about this argument in www.genealogica.it